Test Your Boot Disk

How do you know whether your boot disk is working? Shut down Windows, stick the disk in your A: drive, and press the reset button on your PC. (If your hard disk uses a disk partition program such as Ontrack or EZ-Drive, follow the onscreen instructions to boot from a floppy.) In Windows 98, choose the Start Computer with CD-ROM Support option. When the A:> prompt appears, try checking each of your drives by typing the drive letter followed by a colon; then press Enter. For each drive, type Dir at the command line and press Enter again. Make sure there's a disc in your CD-ROM drive, and verify that you can run a directory listing of the files on that disc.
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